Slag conveyer



May 7,

J. H. JAMES SLAG CONVEYER 'iled Aug. 28, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet l Inventor y 1935. J. H. JAMES 2,000,484

SLAG CONVEYER Filed Aug. 28, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 1n venior 25 B wwg A tiorney atented May 7 ,T 1 2,000,484

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE attain SLAG CONVEYER .i'oseph B. James, Salt Lake City, Utah Application August 28, 1934, Serial No. 741,865 I 1 Claim. (Cl. 193-11) This invention relates to an improved appaflattened formation 2| of the water delivery pipe ratus characterized principally by a conveyor in that it tends to flatten the stream or water and especially constructed for conveying slag to d to Spread it evenly Over e fi t bottom of a predetermined point of deposit by way of a the tro Also the toilet the trough is p suitable conveyer and water flotation process. to allow the attendant to remove clinkers and 5 The invention is expressly designed for use in obstructing particles before the suspended mass association with a blast furnace and is conf w er a d a e s t e p pe 8. structed for rendering the slag substantially Under s me conditions instead of introduc buoyant and depositing it in a flowing stream of Water through e op 9 in the end wall of water in the conveyor in a manner to conduct it t t it s t oduced 'in the manner shown 10 without undue obstruction to a point where it can 111 ure 7. Here the water delivery pipe 23 exbe conveniently hamued by a discharging t tends up beneath the intake end portion of the or screw conveyor. trough where it is wiped out in funnel-like con- The particular structural details and their figuration as at 24. The numeral designates 1.3 mechanical relationship will become more readily the screen which overlies the portion 24. 16 apparent from the following description and In preotioe t oohveyer is posed in an drawings. appropriate inclined state and suspended by the In t drawings: hanger from the discharge spout 9 on the blast Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevational view f ace Slag enters e t o gh simul- .0 showing the principal factors of the invention. talleollsly Wlth the incoming eam of Water'm Figure 2 is a side elevational view or the dew l s r a d p p h sla s carried tails seen in Figure 1 in suspension in the stream of water down Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through he trough and the pipe l8 and disthrough th Same, charged at an appropriate point of deposit. .3 Figure 4 is a cross sectional view of the line The pp d f t flat tt m d c nv yor 25 5.4; of Figure 3 I is arranged so that the slag will not pile back Figure 5 is a cross section on the line 5-5 of a ai st th ta d w ll of th r u h ausin Figure 3. the water to cut through or allowing the mass to' Figure 6 i top plan i of th trough-like freeze into cake and thus jeopardize the flow 3Q gonveyen after the stream enters the closed pipe portion ,30

Figure 7 is a view of one end portion showing T s P v d as s v by t e flata, slight modification in the water delivering pipe, tening Of the stream of water at the intake end In Figure l the conventional blast furnace is of the t designated by the numeral 8 and this includes The p of running the Slag y water is by far the customary discharge spout 9 which is here the most important; factor of the invention and shown as provided with diametrically opposite th e phasized. It is understood that lugs to to accommodate the hooks Ii onthe uph r ha lw ys n a fear light hot slag; k

per end of the arm portion 82 of the strap hanger molten iron, would explode as soon as it con- !3. This strap hanger functions as a reinforcing tasted the water, but through this method of element for the inlet end of the conveyer genhandling a d distribution of Water and Slag. 40 erally designated by the numeral M. The conthere is no danger. Instead, the Slag pulverizes veyer is shown as including an open-top trough and bubbles, making it almost buoyant. Much portion having outwardly diverging side walls of it does become so, and the expansion of the i5 and land a substantially fiat bottom Ill. part that does not bubble, to the extent of buoy- This trough merges into and is connected with ance becomes so light that the stream can easily 45 the discharge pipe I8. This leads to the conveyer carry it with a reasonable fall, or it may be belt or screw conveyor (not shown). At the pumped at any angle with slightly greater head intake end of the trough is a rectangular hole l9 pressure at the intake end of the trough, for inwhich is of a length equal to the width of the fiat stance, a pressure which would be sufiicient to bottom ll. Over this hole is a screen to. The carry silt. 50 flattened end 24 of the water delivery pipe 22 This improved combination of details combined connects with this screened water inlet hole is. with the centrifugal pump can be used on the The water is introduced under appropriate prescrude slag for blast furnaces, and can and will sure from a pump (not shown). replace the present expensive means of track- I wish to emphasize particularly the enlarged age, a locomotive, a ladle, cars and crew, with a 55 pipe and centrifugal pump, saving thousands of dollars in equipment, and unnecessary time of an operating crew.

It is thought that persons skilled in the art to which the invention relates will be able to obtain a clear understanding of the invention after considering the description in connection with the drawings. Therefore, a. more lengthy description is regarded as unnecessary.

Minor changes in shape, size, and rearrangement of details coming within the field of inven-- tion claimed may be resorted to in actual practice if desired.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

Means for conveying slag from a furnace comprising an inclined chute having a considerable portion of its receiving end of channel shape in cross section with its top open and its bottom flat and the remaining part of the chute being of integral tubular form whereby the top of said remaining part is closed, said inlet end of the chute having a rectangular shaped opening in its upper extremity opening directly upon the bottom of the chute and which is of the same length as the width of the bottom, a. water supply pipe having a rectangular shaped outlet end connected to the chute and surrounding the opening, the bottom of the chute being plain to provide an even flow of the mixture of water and slag over the same, and means for discharging the slag into the channel part a slight distance below 15 the water inlet opening.

JOSEPH H. JAMES. 

